mickomoo

Marriage definitely puts a damper on that... I think I'm going to wait until after grad school to get married, well at least so far that's what life has in store I'm thinking. On topic (before I get modded >_<): ^Shit is hilarious (the picture is)

Well is she at least hot? (that makes things less awkward... sometimes)

For the best kickstart consider what type of music you want to write and how you want to go about it (mic recording, synths, samples) Also important is your music skill level, be it formal musical knowledge or practical instrumental ability, but most important of course is what do you wanna write?

I love the grand feel too it! For some reason (and it's probably just me) it vaguely reminds me of Tales of Symphonia and Kingdom Hearts collectively lol. In any case it's great! Also noob question, how do you get those glissandi do you have to input every note you glide through in at its proper speed, or do you have a patch/key switch for that?

It's D flat major if I remember, I've always been bad at recognizing scales even when I end up playing them, go figure. Scale recognition is something I'm trying to work on as well.

I finally caught up. Watched all of season 9 yesterday after finishing season 8 last week. Let's just say RT been making my... er month. I love how the series and how it was taken from something hilariously whimsical to some epic serious business type shit. I just have questions. 1. What exactly is Tex? if she's a "shadow" how is she able to use AI (specifically omega) herself? 2. How would Epsilon have memories of other fragments, especially those who were created after him? Something that especially confused me in season 6 (which I've seen like 4 times now) is how Epsilon transmitted memories to Church that neither he nor Church had seen (like the convo between Wash and Delta in Recovery 1). This ties into your question Omega. Given what we know Eps is just a bunch of memories who can assume the form of the memories he has. So because Caboose and the others kinda helped fill in the blanks this is basically "like" the original church, but just a backup copy. He just hasn't actually experienced blood gulch he just has the memories somehow. But if the memories were all filled in verbally (even assuming that Caboose wasn't the only one who helped him remember) the memories still shouldn't be 100% perfect, and yet it seems like they are, its literally as if he's experienced everything, but he couldn't have if he's still just Epsilon taking the form of all those other AI and their memories. 3. I'm assuming Omega was the last AI produced given his name?

another demo but this one really is just a snipit of an idea: http://soundcloud.com/mickomoo/misunderstood

anyone ever here of 8 dio productions I just found this: http://8dio.com/?btp_product=epic-guitar http://8dio.com/?btp_product=requiem-pro ^(first demo in the requiem pro product has a guitar playing in it)

I'm no stranger to music as well. My dad had a band in the 80s, and has a studio today. My mom played the flute in elementary school. I went to catholic elementary school, so we had to study theory every year. I also played piano from 4th grade to 8th grade, and I played Tenor Sax in 10th grade. The irony is I wholly for the most part detested practicing or playing until I "realized" that video game music could be "remixed" and that I like anyone else was capable of composing my own music. That said my theory is somewhere between primary and intermediate levels. I can't tell any more, but I've been there for awhile given my exposure, but my delayed interest. So I've gone the route of playing things out in a DAW, which means every time I recreated a song it'd not be consistent. However what I've started to do now (and did only half seriously before) is pre-play all parts on a piano before actually recording with vsts. Now the only thing I fall short of doing is hand writing (typing) the notes on a formal score (which I should start doing). I'm still at the stage where I'm "playing around" but I intend to learn more formal theory.

I love this topic, thanks for the detail! So anyway I know you said you began composing 2 years ago, but did you have any experience with music at all prior to that? I started writing two years ago, but I'll admit, I have never formally composed... which I should start doing.

wait really? Oh I meant the mic positioning. The positions of the instruments would always sound weird when placed with other samples in a mix right?

Last question... I'm just going for the 2 for one deal. If I only really need choirs and an orchestra anyways. Do you find Gold's default reverb a hinderance? Is it at all possible to try and mix it with other vsts despite its defualt sound?

$79 for a student addition. Alright just gotta see if any other vsts have student reductions

All that's showing up for me are my serial numbers =/ This looks good! And it's cheaper than Garritan. Does anyone btw have experience with garritan jazz/big band samples?

Calum I've found your feedback on my work partly fundamental in my own growth. You clearly know what you're doing... not to be sycophantic or anything. What my dad has done is essentially go to a studio ever so often to either get lessons are speak to some (small time) producers for some general feedback. A good friend of mine specifically works on collabs all the time just as a test of skill. Although he's key'd into a very specific genre (electro) so its kinda easier for him to find people to work with on a consistent basis. More to the point, there was a topic in the originals section where people posted a track, and gave feedback to the one above theirs... I'm certain it's long gone by now though. Although we're not of the same level of experience I empathize with your search for feedback and ways to improve lol. Good luck.

It's times like this I wish I were rich... and followed through with my instrument training. I can only play one instrument decently. That is a sick setup!

I've been too lazy to upgrade, or pay the 20 for the upgrade. I just got a desk though so within 2 weeks I'll start making music again.

Dito. I'm looking into some big band samples and couldn't find Kontakt's anywhere. Free... that's kinda hard to find, at least of good quality. Maybe some companies might offer trial/demos. Garritan has been recommended to me, though I don't feel it's the best. It's $145 at its cheapest. I've heard of Kick ass brass, can't speak for it, it's more expensive. I've heard of sample modeling's prodcuts, while really really good, each instrument is sold separately and would cost you together over 1000 euros for a sax section plus trombones plus trumpets. >_< While there is no dearth of orchestral samples, free, expensive, decent/good. It's hard as hell to find samples for big band. Just my experience... I'm still looking let me know if you find anything lol. I'm really regretting letting go of my tenor sax. =/

This is totally not feedback but what program did you use to make the score? >_<

Yeah I'm starting to realize how crappy tech support is for EW products. Now it's a direct trade off between product quality and support. If I buy I'm essentially betting on having few to no problems >_< I know Vienna and garritran exist as alternatives, but its seems like EWQL really has the sound that I want. I might just do their june sale, buy two products, if I don't like them... just $400 down the drain. Also it looks like the gold mic positions are not coming back, why the hell do they have misleading information on their site. It's like they want you to hate them

New music: two related themes above and one additional thematic song below http://soundcloud.com/mickomoo/mistake

horrible attempts at video game, jazz, and film music, mostly using orchestral and acoustic vsts lol

Yeah I like the ease of use for audio recording and plug-in usage, but this is starting to seem to be not the best option in terms of vst recording and midi editing, not that it's bad but I need something more optimal. I'm going to get EWQL symphonic orchestra soon and it's starting to seem that I might need something a bit better than mixcraft

damn it the more I research on this the more I'm confused. So for the choir word building only works on the default articulation? Like you can't use word builder on say falls or whispers? Also what are the default words for the whisper?

I've been asked to create little demos of music that may or may not appear in a friends game. I'm probably going to recompose them when I get a better library or mixing skills but right now I just want feedback on composition and any tips for improvement: This is like a battle theme, or some sort of encounter... there are transitional points which will probably be "stems" or changes that would occur depending on the scene This is an uplifting happy song